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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2260899" data-attributes="member: 463">Glad to help.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I'd put your base population up to say 1500 to account for farms outside villages, woodcutters, etc - the smattering of folks not living in settlements with a population of at least 20.  Land fairly close to a capital city might have population around 50-100/square mile, depending on quality of farmland - if your capital is Inverness (highland Scotland) it'll be much lower than near London or Paris (maybe 150+).BTW although I imply that a feudal baron in a poor, sparsely populated area will rule a larger domain, in medieval Scotland there were (and still are) far more Lords/Lairds than there were/are Barons in England, despite England having (then) about 3 times the population.  AFAIK the big difference was that while England was feudal, with a small ruling warrior caste, Scotland was still to a large extent tribal - the Laird of a highland clan didn't have to maintain a squadron of 30 chainmail-armoured Knights like an English baron, he could get by with a few horses for his immediate family & the ability to call upon all the free men of his domain to fight for him.  So in D&D terms, where the English baron has a domain of 10,000 peasants, a monthly income of 5,000gp, & 50 knights, the Scottish laid has a domain of 1,000 clansmen (inc serfs & slaves) and income only 200gp/month, but he can call upon 100 kilted highland warriors... the English baron will still win, but it'll be a fine battle.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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